⚰️ 13 Days of Halloween: Day 12
Requested by: @spuffyfan394
Pairing: Eliot Spencer x Reader + Rest of Team (platonic)
Gender: Neutral Triggers: Brief mentions of blood
Genre: Casual; Humor Words: 1,120
Requested Tag: @fictionalhoomanofnowhere
Notes: It’s not very long, or Halloween focused, but I hope you like it!~
If you’d like to check out 2019 and 2018′s 13 Days of Halloween, as well as my 2017 general Halloween/Fall stuff here are the links: x2017x, x2018x & x2019x
“Oh!” Parker exclaimed, startling all of you as you sat around on the couch in Nates apartment.
Eliot sighed audibly “Don’t do that Parker!”
“What?! I just got an idea! Lets tell scary stories!” she suggested, excitement evident in her voice as she bounced in her seat.
“Uhh, I don’t know about that” Hardison broke in.
“Oh, no, let’s” Sophie said, her own excitement growing “It’s Halloween, let’s set the mood! Besides, I love story telling”
After having turned off all the lights, you walked around Nate’s apartment lighting candles around the room as Hardison turned on a battery powered lantern, setting it in the middle of the room where you had all been sitting. Setting the mood for the story-telling event you were now taking part in. The occasional lightning strike lit up the apartment as the thunder echoed through the sky, a storm going on outside, helping to set the mood.
Parker clapped and bounced in her seat again “Okay, I’ll go first!”
You sat down next to Eliot, who moved over for you. Leaning against him, he wrapped his arm around you, pulling you a little closer to him. Parker grabbed the lantern, bringing it closer so it lit up her face.
As she began to tell her story, it really didn’t take long before it started to make no sense. You stared at her with a look of confusion as she put on voices, and used her hands to explain things. Glancing over at Eliot you saw him staring at her incredulously, laced with annoyance.
“And then….they all, died” she finished her voice a raspy whisper.
“Yeah. Figured it would end that way” you muttered as she smiled at you.
“Parker…” Hardison began before lifting his hands up “You know what, never mind”
“That wasn’t a scary story Parker” Eliot began
“Yes it was!” Parker defended.
“Oh, me next” Sophie broke in, stopping the incoming argument as you chuckled quietly from next to Eliot, who had now leaned his head back with a sigh. You absentmindedly ran your hand through his hair, relaxing him slightly.
As Sophie began her story, she set the scene, Parker stared at her in wonder as she listened. Her story was far better than Parkers, but more dramatic than scary. A few moments later, as he finished her story she looked around to gauge reactions.
You paused “That was it? That was the end?”
“Yeah!” she said with a smile “I love cliffhangers, don’t you?”
Eliot rolled his eyes “That wasn’t scary either Sophie”
Sophie gasped in offence as she smacked his knee “I bet you don’t have a better one!”
Eliot leaned forward “You’re damn right I do, and unlike yours, it actually happened.”
“Oh, based on a real story aye?” Sophie asked “Do tell” she said leaning back, as if challenging him.
“Fine” Eliot said as he leaned forward, his demeanor changing, his voice becoming lower in volume and deeper in tone as he set the scene. He was telling the story of something that happened on a mission he went on several years prior in the Andes.
Half way through his story, as he described a scene of a massacre he found, though all the bodies were missing, all that was left were blood pools, claw marks, and the words ‘don’t let it see you’ written on the wall in blood, you and the others were completely silent and still, listening with great interest, wondering where the story was headed.
By the end of the story, Parker had her head partially hidden in a pillow, occasionally shoving Halloween candy into her mouth, Hardison was silent and had hidden himself partially behind Parker. Sophie was eating popcorn slowly as she stared at Eliot, listening intently.
You were still seated next to Eliot, watching his profile as he spoke, you thought you knew him well enough to know whether he was telling the truth, but he was so good at stories that you couldn’t help the occasional thought of, ‘what if he isn’t lying?’ running through your mind.
“When I realized that all my team members had completely vanished, all I could do was run, I knew whatever was in that bunker wasn’t human, or, was created in some way. But I knew I couldn’t take it on by myself. So I ran, out into the snow, into the dark. I trekked through the mountains, constantly on guard as I kept hearing that same familiar howl, deep, guttural, almost human-like, but not quite. I kept going until I found a ranger station early the next morning. I’ve never gone back, and none of the bodies of the missing were found”
He finished, staring at the floor, it was quiet for a moment before Parker spoke, quietly “No one figured out what it was?” Looking over at her, all he did was shake his head in answer to his question.
“God damn” Hardison muttered “Remind me to never go to the Andes”
You all remained silent for a moment, letting the intense atmosphere linger. Only for it to be drastically changed when the lights came back on suddenly, a new figure standing in front of you all.
You and Sophie gasped, Hardison yelled out while Parker let out a small screech, Eliot jumped, turning defensively.
“What the hell are you all doing?” Nate asked, ignoring the fact that he just scared the hell out of all of you.
All of you let out sighs of relief as he spoke “Jesus Nate” Sophie commented “At least knock first”
“This is my apartment” Nate muttered as he walked past “Now answer my question, what were you doing?”
“We were telling scary stories!” Parker exclaimed.
You leaned back into Eliot, your heart still pounding from the sudden excitement. Eliot wrapped his arm around you again, before he pressed a kiss to the side of your head as you both watched Parker get up and follow Nate.
“Is that so?” he asked as he stopped in the kitchen.
“Yeah!” she paused for a second “Hey Nate…how much does it cost to take a trip to the Andes?”
“No!” Hardison yelled as he stood up “Hell no!”
Parker turned back to him “What?! Come on, you wanna go to!”
“I sure as hell do not” he said exasperated.
You chuckled as Eliot smirked, you turned slightly towards Eliot “You know, it was hard to tell if you were telling the truth or not. That story…wasn’t, true.. was it?” you asked.
Eliot looked into your eyes before he smirked “I’ll never tell”
You frowned as he chuckled, kissing the tip of your nose before turning back and listening on the, now argument, going on between the others.
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